freedom toast
- noun
- Formal
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brindis por la libertad
- At midnight, everyone stood and raised their glasses for a freedom toast to the nation's independence.
Examples
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The dinner ended with a freedom toast in honor of those who fought for their rights.
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She proposed a heartfelt freedom toast to mark the beginning of their new venture.
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Let's raise a freedom toast to our new beginning!
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At the ceremony, they gave a freedom toast.
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At midnight, everyone stood and raised their glasses for a freedom toast to the nation's independence.
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The dinner ended with a freedom toast in honor of those who fought for their rights.
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She proposed a heartfelt freedom toast to mark the beginning of their new venture.
Synonyms
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A short speech when people raise glasses to honor someone
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A drink that people share to celebrate or honor someone
How Celebratory
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a ceremonial toast celebrating liberty or a new start' is directly and transparently built from 'freedom' (liberty) modifying 'toast' (a ceremonial drink/tribute). This noun–noun compositional pattern is common in English and across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Freedom toast became a memorable phrase when, in a well-known moment, people jokingly renamed 'French toast' to freedom toast to show support for their country. The simple image is raising a glass and saying a short speech 'to freedom', so a freedom toast means the spoken salute or celebration of freedom.